This weekend we went with some All Star II friends to the Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA. Go if you are in the area. We had a docent which is really the only way to visit I think. Without the docent I would have just walked by many of the installed art, without considering many of the aspects and details that the guide pointed out.
The museum is an abandoned mill building. Don't you love what is being done with old mill buildings?
Because of the wall space, they are able to install really BIG pieces of art. I realized as we were on the tour, that I really like museums like this. I am OK with walking through salons that have "Classic" art, but I like better modern artists.
There were some marble sculptures of freeway intersections in LA with all of the trees, houses and cars carved in incredible detail. There some biospheres, where you put your head up inside of the greenery. There was an installation of what looked like jersey barriers gone wrong. In fact they had to reinforce the floor to put this installation in.
Anyway, it was a great weekend with the past chairs of All Star II. Since we are directors of our conference, we HAVE to meet to do business. It really is a chance to see a subset of our Star community another time during the year and to catch up on everybodys' lives.
It was a beautiful drive back from the Berkshires, and now I am sitting on the couch taking advantage of that extra hour we got today.
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